The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-07
No LOIaK "A PRIEST
or A COMMUNICATE OF THE
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The RECOMMENDATION OF DR..
McGlynn to 20 Into Effect With
ont any Pat lie Ceremonial.

NEw YoRK, July The position OF
DR.. MeGlynn wac the chief topic OF
conversation in Catholic circles yes
teid,y. The prospect is that while
the edict of accommodation will 20
formally into force, It will not be the
cause Of any public ceremonial In any
church. The fact Of his notification
and the further fact that he 10 no lon.
ger priest Of the Roman Catholic
Church or q communicate OF that
body will be published In the news.
papers. Concerning the true position
Of the Roman Catholic Church with
reference to DR.. McGlynn and ell other
citizens OF this country, q Times re.
porter, having heard that one OF the
moot noted as we'll as most intellect.
uslly eminent Of the local fathers had
been engaged In succinctly setting
forth the church view OF the matter,
yesterday called upon the priest In
question, and was informed that the
rumor WAS true. Under the headin >,
"The Citizen McGlynn and Rome's
Aggression" the eminent gentleman
later furnished for publication bis
analysis Of the situation from the
standpoint Of the church az follows:
There seems TO be lack OF fairness
In the charges which Of late have
been 40 recklessly hurled against
the Catholic Church and our
holy father, the Pope, for
disrsgardipg, or ignoring, or limiting,
or trampling upon the rights Of citi.
z,n,hip. Come, as q matter OF course,
take up such cry and shout 1t aloud,
because they have grown to look upon
American citizenship as sacred treas.
ure, enshrined with a palladiu
which enemies or intruders are ever
striving TO force. Such No they, per-
hsps unwittingly, imagine that any
chastisement which may Justly fall
upon u man on account OF his sn
personal conduct or character in some
other relation is an invasion or tam
pering with his rights as a citizen.
D hers, however, must know better.
and they cannot forget thst the cry OF
assailed citizenship hiss been in the
history Of the past too often made the
attractive subtei fugs OF the wrong
doer, who sought shelter from the pen.
atty OF an unlawful act by trying Ia
throw around himself the mantle oil
the citizen and by claiming sympathy
or protection on account OF that garb
ut Is we'll for all alike TO remember
with thankfulnets that the American
citizen has . grand shield Of protection
thrown around him, aud that the
stars and stripes hoa. over him for
jacquard aud deisnse wherever he
travele and wherever he calls for aid
In the name OF that flag agsins. an un.
Just sggressor. At the same time II
must not be forgotten that whenever
an American citiE,n becomes Of bis
own accord q member OF corporation,
or O club or q compsny-civil, mill.
tary or religious Ia bound by the
constitutions OF such associations and
must not, In the supposed supremacy
Of his ciIizsn,hip, hope 10 yio.ate with
impunity the rules or bylaws hi
freely pledged himself TO obey. The
obligations are clearly distinct and
separate; and II would be utter de
struclion TO any corporation, or 80
ciety within q State 10 admit that {
member may violate its Law aud still
retain honorable membership, simply
because he 10 q citizen OF the State
ard 40 such II shielded from censur,
Of every kind by any society less thar
the state OF which he Ia q citizen"
IL IL believed In the parish that Mis-
Munier, DR.. Carr and John II Feen,
are marked out by the archbishop 70
accommodation on account OF tn
defiant attitude which they hAv
taken. Ii is an undoubtsd fact tba
there has lately been a gradual bu
sure return OF worshippers to 1t. Sc
phen'e, and there 10 little doubt this
Dr. MEG ynn's decentralization vii
turn four.tifihs OF the supporters stiI
lefs him among his old parishioners.